CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela deported alleged major drug traffickers to the U.S. and France on Tuesday, the country's top security official said.

Suspected Colombian drug kingpin Salomon Camacho Mora, French smuggling suspect Jean Marie Bonnamy and alleged Colombian paramilitary member Oscar Ospino were escorted to helicopters at Venezuela's secret police headquarters and ferried to the nation's main airport for deportation.

Camacho Mora was sent to the United States, Ospino to Colombia and Bonnamy to France.